Suren of the Silk Road

Completion Date: 06-01-10
Time Taken: 4 hours
Medium(s):
+ 05 mechanical pencil (HB Graphite lead)
+ Prismacolor brush tip marker pen (Black)
+ Color and watermark added in Photoshop CS2
Music:
+ Et Quand Bien Même - Jane Birkin
+ Hai Shi Shen Lou (Warriors in Peace) - Jolin Tsai
+ Warriors in Peace (Hindi Version) - Sadhana Sargam
+ Dacoit Duel - Czech Film Orchestra and Chorus, A.R. Rahman
+ Lord An's Empire - Czech Film Orchestra and Chorus, A.R. Rahman
+ Traditional Music of the Mongolian Morin Khuur - [link]

Comment:
So here's a new face~
This is Suren, my Mongolian Wild Horse centaur. I've had her for ages but never got around to drawing her or using her for much of anything. Unfortunate because I really love her. Thankfully though I am now using her in an rp with ~AlwaysAliasNic so I figured now was as good a time as any to draw her officially. :D

Suren was actually wild born but due to a series of most unfortunate events she was seperated from her family herd and picked up by humans. They'd never seen anything like her before so they kept her thinking she was a lucky charm of sorts. A creature so rare had to be something special but she was eventually sold while the caravan was on a trade route and ended up as a part of a gladiator arena for entertainment. She's definitely a long way from home and in store for some surprises~

Usually I draw centaurs without much clothing but for Suren I decided to put clothing inspired by traditional Mongolian dress. This picture here was a lot of inspiration - [link] , the colors and design were just so beautiufl. I couldn't help but put her in something similar. As for her tack (the saddlery) its partly inspired by the same picture and part imagination. XD Love the cute little tassels on her hindquarters so much fffffff.

Anyway, enjoy!

^{Artwork, Suren © 2010 P. Lolla (*souls-poison)
Textures from [link] `hibbary, and myself
Japanese Stamp brush from [link] and Chinese script brush from [link]
Do not use without permission. Artwork and character copyright P. Lolla (*souls-poison); All rights reserved. Do not alter, copy, and/or redistribute under penalty of law.}